Wincanton is a small town and electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community exists off the A303 road, a major route in between London as well as South West England, and also has some light market. The community and selecting ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company purchased a neighborhood creamery. In 1908, after creating a dried out milk talcum powder, it changed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery and also dairy items factory had its own home sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, giving access for milk trains. In order to cope with the transportation troubles across its swiftly broadening creamery, milk bottling and doorstep shipment network, Cow & Gate formed a devoted logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor firm Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's 2nd largest logistics company. The firm still has a dairy products base in the community, although its head office function moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate offered its remaining dairies to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery and milk handling plant in the community, but has actually offered the cheese business to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best marketing brand name in the UK.